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LAND O’ LAKES, Fla. (WFLA) — Pasco County officials on Tuesday suggested that residents who live near a huge sinkhole drink bottled water until water near the area is fully tested.
The sinkhole swallowed two homes, a boat, part of a road and a septic tank.
RELATED STORY: Videos tell story of homes destroyed by Land O’ Lakes sinkhole The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) Pasco is encouraging residents to use bottled water, especially residents within 500 feet of the sinkhole, until their drinking water is fully tested.
County administrators tested 20 homes for E. coli out of an abundance of caution.
The test results are expected by 3 p.m. today.
FDOH will be conducting additional tap water testing for 20 wells in the area of the sinkhole to test for contaminates such as metals, nitrates and arsenic.
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Residents are not allowed in those homes.
A fund has been created to help victims of the sinkhole.